Your editor apoligizes for the lack of updates to la Cronaca di Cagli for the last two days; family obligations in Rome prevented our attention to timely news-gathering. Rumours have spread through the halls of the Atrium that the Cronaca was involved in a media buy-out and would be switching to a weekly format. Rest assured that this is not the case and those rumors can be put to rest. La Cronaca di Cagli remains locally-run and committed to bringing you all the breaking news of this sleepy burg around the clock. Thankyou, dear readers, for your understanding.
THE TRANQUIL SILENCE OF A PEACEFUL AFTERNOON in Cagli was shattered yesterday when a thunderous explosion shook the main piazza.Caffe patrons jumped from their chairs with a start as a thick cloud of dust filled the square. Locals who were in the vicinity of the blast slowly emerged from the cloud coughing and covering their faces.
"Ma che e' successo?" was the question on everybody's lips.
Students trickled out of their apartments and drifted into the piazza in confusion. "Was it bomb?" asked one, nervously. "Was it a sonic boom?" asked another, scanning the clear blue skies.
Initial reports put the blast, which blew out areas of a storefront and a second-floor apartment, down to a gas pipe explosion. But no official word came as the debris-strewn street became crowded with locals looking for an explanation of the singular event. The thick dust prevented anyone from entering the building to search for any injured people.
The mood, initially one of curiosity, turned darker later that evening when it was learned that a man remained trapped inside.
Medics spent an hour attempting to extract the man, Bruno Nocci, a jewelery dealer in whose metal laboratory the explosion was revealed to take place. 
Miraculously, Nocci was removed from the rubble, sustaining only slight injuries but in a state of shock. Police credited Nocci's survival to having dived under a table after the blast, which was apparently caused by a gas canister he was using in his goldworking.
A collective sigh of relief filled the piazza late Wednesday evening as it was learned there were no serious injuries. Locals celebrated their close brush with tragedy by licking gelato and treating themselves to glasses of beer. A reporter from Pesaro daily the Corriere Adriatico tapped away at his laptop in front of Caffe' d'Italia, putting his finishing touches on the story as fame-seeking locals approached his table, seeking to recount their tales of the event.
Despite the positive outcome, however, some students remained wary.
"It's still kinda creepy," student Eleni Polites opined with a shudder.
Melissa Schantz echoed the worried sentiment. "Now I'm worried about the gas in our apartment," she said.
